Samsung Galaxy Gear Rumors Roundup

All Samsung fans out of you will be pleased to know that a new Galaxy device may hit the stores anytime soon. What? You don’t take it as any news to make you jump with joy? Wait! It’s not yet another Galaxy tagged smartphone, but a smartwatch. Yeah, you read it right. Samsung is all set to step into the smartwatch market. ‘Samsung Galaxy Gear‘ is the smartwatch that this South Korean company will be launching soon. The rumors about this smartwatch have been hitting since the launch of Sony’s SmartWatch 2. As per the tech experts, the smartwatch market has got a huge potential, and its future is bright. It seems Samsung wants to rule this market, as well, just like Samsung is ruling the smartphone market. Anyways, being a fan of Samsung-made devices, you must be interested in knowing more about Samsung Galaxy Gear. So, keep reading ahead.

This prototype of Samsung smartwatch was released earlier this year.

Samsung Galaxy Gear Features

Just like its normal behavior, Samsung is silent on the topic of smartwatch. They are not ready to comment on what could be there in the Samsung Galaxy Gear. Well, the sources near to company always reveal the information about its upcoming gadgets, and same they have done in case of Galaxy Gear. As per the popular blog Sammobile, the Samsung Galaxy Gear will come up with 1.67-inch AMOLED display that will offer 320×320 display resolution. This much resolution in smartwatch is quite good.

A concept of Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch designed by an artist.

The report by Sammobile further says that Samsung Galaxy Gear will be powered by Exynos 4212 chipset along with Dual-core processor, which will be clocked at 1.5GHz. So, you can expect a smooth experience from this upcoming smartwatch by Samsung. Other features that you will get in this smartwatch are Android OS, Mali-400 MP4 GPU and 1GB RAM. For all photography enthusiasts out of you, Galaxy Gear will indeed be a good or say best smartwatch, as it will come up with 2MP Camera. The connectivity part of this smartwatch will have Bluetooth, NFC in it.

A patent of Samsung Galaxy Gear

If the sources are to be believed, then Samsung is not in the mood to deliver full-fledged smartphone on the name of smartwatch. It may do so in the future smartwatches, but at least not with the Galaxy Gear. Of course, the basic smartphone features like calls, messages, browsing Internet, etc. will be there in it. As per the tech experts, this upcoming Galaxy smartwatch will be perfect for phablet owners, as they will be able to make calls, messages and do other basic phone tasks on it. So there will be no need for them to take out the big phablets again and again.

Samsung Galaxy Gear Release Date & Price

Just like the features, the release date of Galaxy Gear is not announced yet. As per multiple sources, Samsung will officially announce the Galaxy Gear at Unpacked 2 event in Berlin on September 4. So, a couple of weeks more and we will see official touch to Galaxy Gear. As far as the price is concerned, this gadget will most likely come with a price tag near £200 (Around $312).

So, are you ready to wear the Galaxy Gear smartwatch? Share your thoughts in the comments below.